Global rate-hike marathon may keep going in Nordics


FILE PHOTO: The sign for Sweden's central bank is pictured in Stockholm, Sweden, August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Violette Goarant

Stockholm: Central banks in the United States, eurozone and Britain are done raising interest rates for now, but their peers across Europe’s north aren’t so sure.

Last Thursday, Sweden’s Riksbank could deliver yet another quarter-point salvo, taking its key rate to 4.25% to fight inflation – or not, depending on who you listen to.

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